Case Study Synopsis.

Charles Anderson is a thirty-three-year-old Caucasian male from Savannah, Georgia. He has recently separated from his wife and has two children from this marriage. He also has an older son, from a previous relationship, aged twelve years. Charles has no contact with his son and has no knowledge of his son's residence. Charles was referred to the private group practice by his family (i.e., his sister and mother) because he exhibited suicidal thoughts, although he has not made any attempts to hurt or end his life. He has been consuming alcohol excessively every evening. He has recently become tardy at work, resulting in his supervisor threatening to terminate him from employment. All disruptive behaviors that Charles has been recently exhibiting are unusual for him. He has attempted to reconcile conflicts with his wife. However, his wife is in another relationship and is requesting a divorce. His main concern is that his wife might not allow him to meet with the children. He is temporarily residing with his sister, who lives with her husband and their fifteen-year-old daughter. Charles is concerned at the prospect of residing alone with the extra financial burden of paying for child support and rent.

Please clarify: The goal is to understand Charles's cultural background and to make appropriate changes to how therapy is delivered without altering the theoretical underpinnings of CBT.

Background

Goals of treatment

Therapeutic Approach:Existential-Humanistic therapy

Treatment Plan

Plan of Action

Cognitive Behavioral Approach

Charles approaches your private group practice to seek counseling. You have received vital information from the intake packet that you and your classmates have developed. Assume your colleague has submitted a synopsis in your weekly treatment team meeting.

On the basis of this case study, you and your classmates need to engage in a reflective team process and generate the ideas for developing a treatment plan for your client. You must be sensitive to the diversity of the client and follow the American Counseling Association's (ACA's) code of ethics. Develop a treatment plan for your client based on the case study and using an existential humanistic approach. Describe this treatment plan and your rationale for this plan in the discussion thread. Respond to the assignment using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples from scholarly literature such as peer reviewed journal articles and cite your sources using proper APA format.

Assume that Charles has been attending your private group practice for two months. However, one of your colleagues decides to bring this case forward for review. Your colleague explains that the treatment plan was unsuccessful due to Charles's resistance and some therapeutic errors, resulting from the counselor's blind spots. Your colleague explains that during supervision, she observed Charles's decision-making and problem-solving style. She recognized that Charles would most likely respond to the cognitive-behavioral approach instead of the existential-humanistic theoretical approach used in your initial treatment plan. She decides to request inputs on developing a cognitive-behavioral treatment plan.

Therefore, you need to modify your initial treatment plan. What ideas will you provide to develop the cognitive-behavioral treatment plan? Provide a detailed explanation of what information you might need and what goals you might set based on cognitive-behavioral theories. You must be sensitive to the diversity of your client. So, structure your responses in a manner that they are aligned with the American Counseling Association's (ACA's) code of ethics.